The Midas List

#29 C. Kevin Landry

01.29.09,
6:00 PM ET

TA Associates

2008 Rank:40

Age: 63

Chairman of growth equity giant TA Associates, with $12 billion in capital. Invested $300 million in MetroPCS in 2005; cell network operator went public two years later in $1 billion IPO, now has market value of $4 billion. Prior successes include TD Ameritrade, Biogen and Instinet Group. Odd job: drove taxicab between time as Harvard undergrad and Wharton grad school.